03/07/2023

Publications by NCRCRD

 

Bednarikova, Z. (2021). Mental health during pandemic. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2021/06/30/mental-health-during-pandemic/

Bednarikova, Z. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on the women’s unemployment rate in the North Central Region. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/05/20/impact-of-covid-19-on-the-womens-unemployment-rate-in-the-north-central-region/

 

Bednarikova, Z. (2022). NCR:Stat: Household health status in the North Central Region. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/09/19/household-health-status-in-the-north-central-regio/

 

Bednarikova, Z. (2022). Health insurance and health coverage plans in the North Central Region.https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/11/04/health-insurance-and-health-coverage-plans-in-the-north-central-region/

 

Wiatt, R. (2022). Exploring health insurance coverage in the North Central Region at the intersection of location, employment, gender, race, and ethnicity. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2022/12/05/exploring-health-insurance-coverage-in-the-north-central-region-at-the-intersection-of-location-employment-gender-race-and-ethnicity/

12/04/2023

11/04/2024

Carrillo-Siller, I. (2023, June 6). How COVID-19 Changed Workforce Participation Preferences in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/09/18/how-covid-changed-workforce-preferences/

Armesto Gómez, A. (2023, September 18). Unraveling Local Living: A Peek into the Diverse Preferences of Family Households with and without Children­. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/09/18/unraveling-local-living/

Chowdhury, A. (2023, June 6). How Often do North Central Region Households Run Out of Food? North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/06/05/how-often-do-households-in-the-north-central-region-run-out-of-food/

Carrillo-Siller, I. (2023, June 6). Perception of Equal Employment Opportunities in Communities of the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/06/02/perception-of-equal-employment-opportunities-in-communities-of-the-north-central-region/

Bednarik, Z. (2023, April 17). How Happy Are People in the North Central Region? North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/04/17/how-happy-are-people-in-the-north-central-region/

Bednarik, Z. (2023, February 22). Community Awareness of Substance Use Disorder Programs in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/02/22/community-awareness-of-substance-use-disorder-programs-in-the-north-central-region/

Bednarik, Z. and Wiatt, R. D. (2023, January 12). Who Cannot Afford to Pay Medical Bills in the North Central Region? North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://ncrcrd.ag.purdue.edu/2023/01/12/who-cannot-afford-to-pay-medical-bills-in-the-north-central-region/

 

Webinars

An Introduction to NCR-Stat – the Free Household Dataset (12/7/22)

Presenters: Maria I. Marshall, Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD); Professor and James and Lois Ackerman Endowed Chair in Agricultural Economics, Purdue University and Zuzana Bednarikova, Research and Extension Specialist, NCRCRD

 Supporting Rural Grocery Stores Across the North Central Region (11/7/22)

Presenters: Lisa Bates, Interim Assistant Director and Field Specialist, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Community and Economic Development; Greg Schweser, Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, UMN Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships; and Rial Carver, Program Leader, Rural Grocery Initiative, K-State Research and Extension

Health Care Access Among Self-Employed Workers in Nonmetropolitan Counties (10/12/22)

Presenters: Elizabeth Dobis, Research Agricultural Economist, Rural Economy Branch, Resource and Rural Economics Division, USDA Economic Research Service and Jessica E. Todd, Agricultural Economist, Food Assistance Branch, Food Economics Division, USDA Economic Research Service

Federal Programs for Rural Entrepreneurs in the North Central Region (9/22/22)

Presenters: Alan Haut, North Dakota District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration; Randy Monhemius, Business Program Specialist, USDA- Rural Development, Ohio; Eric Ness, Wisconsin District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration; and Joan Scheel, Business Programs Director, USDA – Rural Development, Nebraska

How We Work Together: Supporting Local/Regional Food Systems through Collaboration (8/30/22)

Presenter: Lindsey Scalera, Community Food Systems Collaboration Specialist, Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University

Moving Rural Communities FORWARD: Future Opportunities for Rural Workforce and Rural Development through Extension (5/24/22)

Presenters: Tanya Hall, Community Development Regional Extension Educator, Purdue University; Sheila Martin, Strategic Advisor for Economic and Community Engagement, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; and Michael D. Wilcox, Jr., Assistant Director & Program Leader for Community Development-Purdue Extension, Associate Director-North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD), Community & Regional Economics Specialist-Purdue University Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Senior Associate-Purdue Center for Regional Development

12/12/2025

Publications

Wiatt, R., M.I. Marshall, and Y.G. Lee. 2024. Love of Work or Love and Work: Does Small Business Owners Compulsion to Work Payoff? Journal of Family and Economic Issues. 45(4): 925-938. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09949-9

Malone, Jr., D. (2025, July). Partners in Business, Partners in Life: A Snapshot of Couple Businesses in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.359031

Wiatt, R. D. (2025, July). Trends for Rural Small Businesses in the North Central Region: Owner and Small Business Demographics. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.3592223

Bednarik, Z., and Unay‐Gailhard, İ. (2025). Who Stays in Rural Areas? Understanding Gender Differences in Location Decisions Among Millennials in the United States. Population, Space and Place: Volume 31 (Issue 6). https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70076

Pojman, E., Becot, F., Bednarik, Z. and Henning-Smith, C. (2025). Does Caregiver Well-Being Differ by Rurality and State Policy Environment? Identifying a Well-Being Typology for Rural, Suburban, and Urban Caregivers. Rural Sociology 9 (3). https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.70015

Yeganeh, A., M. Marshall, and N. Durst. 2025. Aerial Imagery-Derived Dataset of Manufactured Housing Communities in the North Central United States. Scientific Data, 12, 1515. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05875-z

Webinars

Bednarik, Z., Marshall, M., & Green, J. (2025, May 9).  Regional Pulse: Insights from the 2024 multi-region household surveys [Webinar]. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development.

University of Minnesota Tourism Center. (2025). Outdoor Recreation Dashboard. University of Minnesota Extension. https://prayash106.shinyapps.io/dashboard/

Conference Presentations

Bednarik, Z. (2025, June 10). NCR-Stat: Datasets: Empowering Cross-Regional Research and Extension in Community Development. [Conference presentation]. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals 2025 Annual Conference, Charleston, WV.

Pojman, E., Becot, F., Bednarik, Z., and Henning-Smith, C. (2025) Does caregiver well-being differ by rurality and state policy environment? Identifying a well-being typology for rural, suburban, and urban caregivers. [Conference presentation]. Rural Sociology Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

Southard, E. and Becot, F. (2025) Caregiving Along the Life Course Among Farming Households. [Conference presentation]. Rural Sociological Society Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

Mukembo, S.C., Nabisaalu, J.K., and Marshall, M.I. Trust and community embeddedness: Entrepreneur’s wellbeing as a pathway to small business financial performance in the North Central Region of the United States. [Conference presentation]. USASBE 2025.

Marshall, M.I., R.D. Wiatt, and Y.G. Lee. Planning to Exit: A Cross-Racial Analysis of Small Business Owner Decision-Making. [Conference presentation]. SBI, New Orleans April 2025